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Nice, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Upper Lake-Nice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95464. It lies near Hogback Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. 2,929 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,362 feet above sea level.

Nice within Lake County

Then and now

1938 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 58 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nice, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Nice, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Nice grew from 2,731 to 2,929 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,731
20202,929+198 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Nice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,839 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 43 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Equipment and vehicle use60
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning24
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural7
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFOOTHILL
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPRINGE
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPHILLIPS
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPANORAMIC
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 29
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSAM # 2
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSAM # 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Nice: 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Asbestos, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Konocti Pit and MillStoneProducer
Middle Creek Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationAluminumProspect
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
UnknownAsbestosOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationAsbestosOccurrence
UtopiaMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Utopia MineMercuryUnknown
BuckeyeManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nice in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026FloodNice-Highway 20 flooded at the intersection of Bartlett Springs Road.

Every storm recorded in Lake County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rose Place3.3 miles22
Lucerne3.6 miles21
Upper Lake4.4 miles21
Pepperwood Grove5.7 miles21
Lakeport6.6 miles22
Kaci-badon (historical)6.7 miles22
Saratoga Springs7.9 miles21
Wild Bill Place8.2 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on NiceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2108340The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659227. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.